Scoop and trip mechanism therefor



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l2 a 26 3 43 25 FIG. 2 33 r 35 Inventor HOWARD E. HALL FIG. I. 67 s I k? 3 Attorneys Aug. 10, 1948. H. E. HALL 2,446,827

SCOOP AND TRIP MECHANISM THEREFOR Filed Jan. 29, 1946 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 J y H 1! i Mo J I? 1 /I4 4-H y i Inventor HOWARD E. HALL Attorneys I FIG. 7. g

Aug 10, 1948. H. E. HALL 2,446,327

SCOOP AND TRIP MECHANISM THEREFOR Filed Jan. 29, 1946 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 Inventor 'HOWARD E. HALL Attorneys Prams Aug. 10,1948

um'rso s'ra'rss PATENT OFFICE :..:'::.t":..".f.'ff2f Manufacturing This invention has to do with mechanical load- Company.

Boise, Idaho, a corthe forks II, the cross bar it being secured in ers of that type which may be mounted on and operated from the usual farm tractor, and designed for lifting and loading materials of various kinds, such as earth. gravel, and other loose materials, or litter, barnyard fertilizer, and the'llke.

any suitable manner, as by bolt and, nut securin: means, to the flanges it of the side portions i2. The ends of the bar it are slightly out of line with the body portion so as to properly posithan the fork members relative to the scoop frame.

- ,j The rear ends of the forks, as shown in Figs.

These resultsare accomplished by a scoop in the making of which readily detachable elements are provided which will give a scoop with a solid bottom for handling granular material, or a forked bottom for pic 4 a. up and handling loose fibrous material and the like. In the drawings illustrated is shown one form of the invention.

In those drawings:

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of thescoop, supports, and toggle mechanism.

a 2 is a plan view of the scoop frame.

Figure 3 is a detail showing the back of the scoop, a portion of the sides and bottom, and the bracing strut between the two.

Figure i is a view in plan of the scoop frame with the fork member in place.

Figure 5 is a view in transverse cross section showing the tines and tine supporting bar. 7

Figure 6 is a fragmentary sectional view on substantially the line 3-8 of Figure 4.

Figure is a plan view of a portion of the scoop irame with the solid removable scoop bottom in place.

Figure 8 is a view in section on substantially the line 3 8 of Figure 5.

Figure 9 is a side elevation of the scoop, its 2 support and the trip mechanism showing the scoop in its normal position ready for engagement with the material to be lifted.

Figure 10 is a view showing the scoop in partially dumping position.

Figure 11 is a view showing the scoop in full dumping position.

Referring to the drawings by numbers, the same numbers designating the same parts in the several views, the scoop frame is made up of a back portion ii, side portions i2, and a partial bottom portion ii. The side portions- E2 of this scoop frame are flanged as at it. and have their ends beveled or pointed, as shown at it. This pro- 3.5, and 6 have pins II which engage sockets or holes in the rear of the scoop frame. The crossbar it engages the projecting end of a strut it secured at its upper end to the back wall I I of the scoop, and at its lower end to the partial bottom it of the scoop, so as to assist in maintaining the fork in place.

i The scoop thus constructed is useful in handling loose fibrous material, as it is readily insertscoop having a solid bottom, it is necessary only to remove the fork and replace it with a solid plate 2|, shown in Figs. 7 and 8. plate is bolted at 2| beneath the flanges H of the scoop frame. This solid bottom is provided with projections 22 at its rear and sides, the projections at the rear of the bottom It engaging above and below the partialbottom ll'of the scoop and the vides a skeleton frame having an open unobstructed front to permit either a scoop member or a fork member to be interchangeably mounted in the frame. Figs. 4, and 5 show the fork element mounted in place in the scoop frame. It is made up of the cross-bar it towhich are secured k gages lugs or projections 32 secured to the scoop.-

side lugs 22 engaging over the flanges it of the scoop frame so as to hold the solidf'plate 2| in proper position relative to the frame; The points it of the flanged side members I2 engage loops 23 on the bottom plate 20, as shown in Fig. '7, so that bottom ll will be held firmly a ainst movement. Preferably the bottom 21!. will be prosided with a removable edge 24 secured in any;

table manner. as by riveting or welding, which in y be readily replaced if it becomes worn, and the necessity of renewing the entire bottom plate avoided."

,The scoop is pivotally mounted on the arms 2! by means of hanger clips 28 and belts. Arms 25 are supported on pivots 21 on the frame assembly member 28 shown in dotted lines in Fig. -1. The rear end of the arm 25 is adjustably connected by means of a bracket "on member 28, which bracket is provided with a series of holes 30 so that the arms 25 can be moved to different posibreakable toggle arms 3i and I2, toggle arms 2i i being pivotally connected with the supporting arms 28 at their lower ends and being pivotally engaged at its upper end with arm 22 which enporting arms 26 and the lugs or projections 33 on the scoop. which coupling may be moved from its broken to its extended position and impart positive movements to the scoop. Normally, these toggle arms II and 33 are aligned and engage the clip 34 as shown in Fig. 9. the clip 34 serving to maintain the toggle arms 3i and 33 in proper relation to each other, the arms in this position being slightly past center so that the scoop will be maintained in initial position. When the scoop has been filled, the trip mechanism for dumping it will be actuated by the trip rod 35 which engages a lug 36 on the toggle arm 31, moving the toggle arms and the scoop to the position shown in Fig. 10, and, on continued operation of the trip rod 35, the scoop will be tilted to the position shown in Fig. 11, with the toggle arms 3| and 32 straightened out as shown.

The resetting of the scoop can be-done by reverse movement of the trip rod 35, a compression spring 31 being disposed between a projection 33 carried by the supporting arm 36 and a stop 34 on thetrip rod so that when the scoop is dumped, spring 31 will be compressed as shown in Fig. 11, and when the scoop is reset the spring will assist in returning it to its normal position as shown in Pig. 1. A washer may be interposed between stop 39 and the spring 31. Further, in order to assist in the resetting of the scoop there is preferably provided a torsion spring 4i secured to the rod 42 which connects the arms 33. The spring 4| tends to hold the toggle arms 3i and 33 in their aligned position, and it will assist, of course, in returning the scoop from the dumping position to its normal position. The torsion spring 4| is secured to the rod 43 at one end and at the ing s: at each side and at the top of its back wall I i, which housing extends upwardly above the top of the scoop and clear of the load carried thereby. This housing guards the toggle arms II and 33 in their collapsed and folded position and protects them from being fouled and operated by contact with the load being handled when the scoop is thrust into the material to pick up its load.

This toggle and trip construction gives a convenient and efiicient scoop dumping mechanism, the trip rod 35 being manipulated by the opera-' tor in any convenient way,asbyasuitably mounted lever (not shown) accessible to the operator. The mechanism is such that it will maintain the scoop in its initial position ready to .pick up its load, and it will be maintained in that position until the operator, through the trip rod 35, breaks the oil-centered toggle arm and moves the parts to position for dumping the scoop.

While a particular construction has been shown to illustrate the invention, it will be understood that changes within the skill of the mechanic may be made from what is here shown, without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the appended claims which define the invention.

. I claim:

1. A scoop and fork assembly comprising a fixed 75 3,439,717

rear wall, fixed side arm sections, and a fixed bottom section combined to form a skeleton frame having an open unobstructed front; a removable bottom section insertable in the open front of said skeleton frame made up of a plurality of tines and a tine supporting cross bar secured to said tines, means on said cross bar for detachably aecuring it-tothefixedside armsections andmeans supporting cross-bar of the removable bottom means is secured, and the bottom section of said skeleton frame has means receiving the rear ends of the tines of the removable bottom.

4. The invention as defined in claim 1, wherein the ends of side-arm sections engage loops on the solid removable bottom section and the removable bottom section has lugs engaging the side-arm and bottom sections of said skeleton frame.

5. A scoop comprising a skeleton frame, a removable forked member mounted in said frame, a tine-supporting cross-bar secured to said forked member and having its ends secured to the sidearms of said skeleton frame. and pins at the rear ends of the tines of said forked member to engage holes in said skeleton frame.

1 6. The invention as defined in claim 5, wherein the skeleton frame has fixed flanged side-arms and a fixed bottom section provided with apertures, and a removable forked member having a tine-supporting cross-bar engaging the fianges on said side-arms, and pins on the rear ends of said tines to engage the apertures in said fixed bottom. 7 7. The invention as defined in claim 5, wherein the skeleton frame has flanged side-arms with tapered ends and a fixed bottom section, and a removable bottom section having loops and supporting lugs to engage the tapered ends and flanges of said side-arms, and provided with sup porting lugs to engage the fixed bottom section of said frame.

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assurances crrsn The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

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